Chapter 580 Come and die if you want
Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire must advance and retreat together.
Given Italy's fine traditions, George is not sure whether Italy will remain consistent with the German-Austrian League.
By the way, although the Ottoman Empire has ceded Tripoli and Cyrenaica to Italy, Italy's control areas in these two places are still limited to a few cities along the coast, and most of the inland areas are still under the control of the resistance. In control.
George can't take care of Italy for the time being. This year's exercise will be held in advance to June. The scale of the exercise is relatively large. It is expected that 150,000 troops will participate, including the Gaori Corps, mainly in Sofia, Bulgaria. held in the region.
George arrived in Constantinople on May 27, and the participating troops were gathering in the Sofia area. George first arrived in Adrianople to meet Polis, and the two went to Sofia together.
Boris and Elizabeth are making rapid progress and are preparing to get engaged at the end of the year.
George is quite satisfied with Elizabeth, she is the most suitable candidate for Polis.
Polis's special train is similar to Nikolai's special train, extremely luxurious.
This is nothing to say. The King’s Train represents the image of the country to a certain extent. Even if Polis wanted to keep a low profile, August would not agree.
August did not go to Sofia and stayed in Adrianople to preside over the work. The relocation of the Bulgarian government had not yet been completed. Interior Minister Peterkov resigned due to differences with Vasily. August was still looking for a suitable candidate. .
Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria does not have a regular army, it still needs to establish a reserve system. When necessary, the Kingdom of Bulgaria will also mobilize.
Amur has very high requirements for reserve forces, and must ensure at least three months of training time every year, which is almost impossible for the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Amur has a freeze period for half a year. If he participates in reserve training, he will also have an income, so the reserve members are very motivated to train.
Bulgaria’s military expenditures were insufficient and it was unable to pay salaries to the reserve forces. Because Petkov did not get enough support from Polis on this issue, he resigned angrily.
"If the Balkan Alliance is involved in a war, the Kingdom of Bulgaria cannot be alone."
Polisi did not retain Peterkov. The war was imminent, and unification of ideas was the most important thing.
“This war may last for a long time, you have to be mentally prepared.”
George is worried about whether Polis can withstand the test.
Although Polis has become the king of Bulgaria, the coronation ceremony has not yet been held, and the foundation is still too weak.
The world war is protracted, and once the war causes serious damage to Bulgaria, Polis's approval rating will also be affected.
Polis nodded silently, this was not something he could decide.
After the capital was moved to Adrianople, the population of Sofia decreased significantly. After the lack of officials and wealthy people with spending power, Sofia's business atmosphere was devastated. The streets were sparsely populated and the decay was visible to the naked eye.
George and Polis did not stay in the palace, but came to the military camp on the outskirts of Sofia.
Over the past year, Vasily, in addition to organizing training and improving public security, has also been busy rebuilding the border defense lines of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
According to the tradition of the Russian Empire, observers from various countries can also be invited to participate in military exercises.
Because this exercise had a strong deterrent purpose, the Russian Empire had also previously extended an invitation to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
After George came to Sofia, he learned that the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s leader this time was actually the Crown Prince Archduke Ferdinand.
George was taken aback, and his first reaction was to refuse.
George remembered very clearly that the trigger of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
It would be better if Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo.
Because the Tsar's envoy died in the Austro-Hungarian Embassy, the relationship between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was already extremely tense.
If he was assassinated in Sofia, then George wouldn’t be able to tell clearly.
“Why can’t he come?” Vasily didn’t understand. Shouldn’t he take this opportunity to show off his muscles to the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
“His identity is too special.”
George didn’t explain much.
There is no way to explain this. It cannot be said that he was worried that Archduke Ferdinand would die in Sofia.
“Since Crown Prince William can join the military observation group, we have no reason to refuse Archduke Ferdinand.”
Brushinov reminded George that this is a great criticism of Archduke Ferdinand. Big disrespect.
In Europe nowadays, even nobles who surrender on the battlefield can demand treatment commensurate with their status.
George cannot refuse the reasonable request of the crown prince of a country.
Since the Grand Duke likes to take risks so much, then let him do it.
It was Georgi who arrived in Sofia earlier than Ferdinand.
With Vasily's help, Georgi finally had an army that fully supported him. Although there was only one division, at least there was a certain degree of security.
Venizelos did not prevent Georgi from expanding his army. His position in the Greek Kingdom was not affected and he remained the core of the military alliance.
Georgi has shown great concern about the security environment in the Balkans. In the past two months, Georgi has been unable to sleep at night.
“Now I finally know the pain of being the king, the pressure is too great.”
Georgi confided to George.
But to George's ears, this sounds a bit like Versailles.
How many people want to bear this kind of pain and pressure but haven't had the chance yet.
“If you don’t want to be the king, how about you let me go?”
Vasily is not used to this problem.
"When you come to Athens, I will ask you to be the commander-in-chief."
Georgi poached people in front of George.
Vasily is the current Duke Suvorov. With the halo of being a descendant of the military god, he is more than qualified to serve as the commander-in-chief of Greece.
“You want me to help you deal with Venizelos? Your price is too low——”
Vasily looked down upon Georgi’s bargaining chip.
This is the first time George has come to Sofia since Polis was invited to be king.
Polis held a welcome banquet for George and Georgi at the Old Palace in Sofia.
Just as the banquet began, George received news that the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary Ferdinand and his wife arrived in Sarajevo by train.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were really too depressed in Vienna. After confirming their trip to Bosnia, Archduke Ferdinand did not want to wait for a moment and took Sophie to Bosnia to start their vacation in advance.
Sarajevo was the third stop after the Grand Duke and his wife arrived in Bosnia. At the train station, the Grand Duke and his wife took an open car to the City Hall.
The Archduke and his wife were in high spirits. After Sophie left Vienna, she was as free as a bird. She smiled happily and sat next to Archduke Ferdinand, holding a small umbrella in her hand.
As soon as the car left the train station, the Grand Duke and his wife were attacked by a bomb.
The Grand Duke's driver obviously learned a lesson from the assassination of Ya Er. He did not stop, but accelerated away, without giving the assassin a second chance to kill.
(End of this chapter)